Delivery-case for bottled beverages



F. x. SC-HW'AB. DELIVERY CASE FOR BOTT LE D BEVERAGES.

. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24. 1920.

1,378,197. Patented May 1-7, 1921;

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Specification of Lette rs Application filed'January 24, 1920. Serial No.2533694; v

To all whom it may concern: I 1

Be it known that I, FRANK 7X. Sonwrn, a citizen ofthe United; States,residing in Buffalo, in; the county; of Erieand' State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Delivery-(Eases for BottledBeverages,- of=which the follow ng 1s specification.

This invent on relates to the-boxes or cases used fordelivery andshipping bottled beverages of various kinds, aswell as meat and othergoods. V

Its object is the provision of a strong, light, durable and inexpensivecase of this character which permits renewal of broken 2 or damagedparts, thus avoiding the neces- 3 is a longitudinal central section ofthesame. Fig, 4 ls aperspect ve viewof-oneof- Fig. 5 1s sity and lossofdiscarding the entire case.

- In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecase. F1g. 2 is an inverted perspective'view thereof. Fig.

the corner-j oints orconnections. an enlarged horizontal section of oneof the corners of the case. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary transverse section,on an enlarged scale, through one of the locking strips. Fig. 7 is ahorizontalsection on line 7-7, Fig. 6, looking upward Similar charactersof reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

The case is substantially rectangular in form and in the preferredconstruction shown in the drawings, comprises side walls 10, end walls11 having hand holes 12, spaced bottom slats 13 secured to the end wallsby nails 14L or other suitable fastenings, and upright corner-pieces orconnections 15. The latter may be of cast metal, pressed steel or othersheet metal, while the walls and bottom slats may be of wood, sheetmetal, or other appropriate material.

The end and side walls are removably connected to the corner connectionspreferably by dove tail tenons 16, 17 interlocking with correspondingvertical grooves 18, 19 in the contiguous edges of the connections.These grooves terminate short of the upper ends of the connections toprevent downward displacement of the connections and upward displacementof the walls. The lower ends of the connections extend below the end andside walls, preferably flush with the'lower sides of the bottom slats13, and the connections are locked against upward movement on the wallsby strips 20 extending across the undersideS of the bottomslatsxand'interf lockingwith the connections. .Inthe con} structionshown,F-igs. 6 and 7 these flock-Q ing strips are provided at-Teach endwith. a

reduced portionor tenon 21: which fits into a socket or opening 22 inthe "side of'theadnections. The 'sock'eted lower portion. of eachconnectionmay be red'ucedas'shown, to

form a shoulder 23 which bears against'the upper side oftheadjacent'bottom slat. As shown at 24, the outer corners of the sideslats of thebottomare re'cessed'to make roomi for the tenons 21 of thelocking strips which are raised'above-the plane of'the strips to allowthelower ends of the 'c'ornerconnections to terminate flush with theundersides of said slats, as best shown in Fig. 6.-

The locking strips 20 also serve as rails or shoes by which thecaseslides'easily on chutes and 'conveyers and on and offdeliverywagons.- 1 They also 'actas'reinforcing and protecting straps for thebottom of the case. The end'walls of the case may extend to 'ja'centcorner connection, thereby reliably, preventing upward displacement" ofthe con;-

the bottom thereof, but the side walls preferably stop short of thebottom to leave side apertures 25 extending from end to end of the case.Customers sometimes put papers and rubbish into the empty cases and saidside apertures permit them to be readily cleared of such accumulations.

When the case is used for delivering or shipping bottled goods, it isprovided withbeing due to the fact thatno nails or simi I lar fasteningsare employed to fasten the side and end walls together. Should one ormore of the walls be damaged or broken they can be readily replaced byremoving one or both of the locking straps. This 'releases thecorner-connections'which can then be withdrawn from the walls and afternew parts have been substituted for the damaged ones, the cornerconnections and the locking strips are replaced.

The corner connections, while-facilitating this operation, form guardsfor'protecting the corners of the case and also resist warping andbulging of the walls of the case.

This improved case can also be readily dismembered or knocked down forcompact shipment, thus correspondingly reducing the shipping eizpenses.

I claim as my invention:

1. A case of the character described, comprising side and end. wallshaving end tenons, removable upright corner connec tions having verticalgrooves which'receive said tenons, and locking members extendingcrosswise of the case and engaging said corner connections to preventdisplacement thereof. I

2. A case of the character described comprising a bottom and side andend walls having end tenons, removable upright corner connections havingvertical grooves which receive said tenons, and locking strips extendingacross the bottom of the case and interlocking with said connections toprevent displacement thereof.

3. A case of the character described comprising a bottom and side andend walls having end tenons, removable upright corner connections havingvertical grooves which receive said tenons, said connections belngprovided in their lower portions with locking sockets, and lockingdevices attached to the underside of said bottom and engaging saidsockets to prevent displacement of said corner connections.

4. A case of the character described comprising side] and end wallshaving end tenons, removable upright corner connections having verticalgrooves vwhich receive said tenons, the lower ends of said connectionsbeing substantially flush with the bottom of the case and provided neartheir lower portions with looking sockets, and strips extending acrossthe bottom of the case and having their end portions arranged in saidsockets, said end portions being raised above the plane of the strips.

5. Acase of the character described comprising side and end walls havingend tenons, removable upright corner connections having vertical grooveswhich receivev sald tenons, said grooves being closed at their upperends to prevent downward displacement of sald connections, and meansengaging the lower portions of said connections for locking them againstupward displacement.

FRANK X. SCHWAB.

